Marking a Moodle Assignment

1. Go to your Moodle Assignment.

2. Click the Submissions tab to view an overview of all submissions. You can filter the list by submission status. To display only the submissions that are ready to be marked, select Requires grading from the status filter.

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3. You can download individual submissions by clicking on the file name in the File submissions column.

You may want to lock submissions already made to prevent students from editing them before the cut-off date.

To lock submissions from the Submissions page:

1. Filter the submissions by Status: Requires grading.

2. Select the submissions.

3. Click Lock at the bottom of the page.

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4. To view student submissions online and provide grades and feedback, click Grade to open the grading interface. The grade button can be found in several places:
   
   

   1. On the the Assignment page:
      
      

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   2. At the top of the Submissions page:
      
      

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   3. Or from the ⋮ (three dots) menu in the student's grade column on the Submissions page:
      
      

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Move between students using Change user in the top-right of the screen.

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You can change the grading interface layout using the controls in the bottom-right corner of the screen. By default, both the submission (review panel) and the grading panel are displayed side by side.

• Click the left button to collapse the submission panel, giving you more space to focus on grading and writing feedback comments.

• Click the right button to collapse the grading panel, allowing you to focus on reading and annotating the submission using the available
  
  

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You can view the Turnitin similarity report from the grading panel, underneath the submission.

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You can provide feedback in the Feedback comments area. You can also use the text editor to record and add video or audio feedback. Each video or audio recording can be up to 2 minutes long, and you can add multiple recordings if needed.

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You can annotate the submission directly using the tools in the annotation toolbar at the top of the screen. These tools let you add comments anywhere on the submission, highlight text, write or draw with the pen tool, and insert shapes or stamps.

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To move or delete an annotation, click on select button (cursor icon) in the toolbar and select the annotation. You can now move the annotation, or click the bin icon to delete.

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You can build your own bank of frequently used comments and then add them where required via the quicklist feature.

1. From the annotation toolbar, click the button to add a comment.

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2. Write the comment you want to add to your bank of frequently used comments.

3. Click the three dots (⋮) and select add to quicklist.

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4. Next time you add a comment, click the three dots (⋮) to view and select quicklist comments you have added.

You can upload feedback files, including audio and video, which the student can download and view.

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Enter a grade in the Grade area of the grading panel.

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If Marking Workflow is enabled for the Moodle Assignment, change the status to Marking completed or Ready for release to keep an accurate record.

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Markers who prefer offline marking can download student submissions, review and annotate them on their device, then upload feedback and grades back into Moodle.

For guidance on how to do this, see: Offline Marking and Uploading Feedback

If a rubric or marking guide has been attached to the Moodle Assignment, markers will need to complete these as required.

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1. In the grading panel, there is space to add comments and a mark underneath each criterion.

2. Click Insert frequently used comment, to select from a list of pre-defined comments for this marking guide.

3. Click on the expand icon to expand the Marking Guide into a pop-up window in the centre of the screen. You can also collapse the submission panel to make it easier to view (see Changing Layout earlier in this guide).

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4. Underneath the marking guide you can add general Feedback comments, and/or upload a Feedback file.

5. The grade will be calculated when you click Save changes.

For guidance on creating marking guides, see Moodle Assignment Marking Guides.

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1. In the grading panel, you have space to select pre-defined levels of a rubric.

2. You can add additional comments in the last column (if enabled).

3. Click on the expand icon to expand the Rubric into a pop-up window in the centre of the screen. You can also collapse the submission panel to make it easier to view (see Changing Layout earlier in this guide).

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5. The grade will be calculated when you click Save changes.

For guidance on creating rubrics, see Moodle Assignment Rubrics.

For guidance on releasing marks and exporting marks to SITS, see Marking Administration in Moodle Assignment